Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-23

in its title. II does not purport to go into
details, but is an introduction only to the
highways of psychology, and an ante
chamber 10 psychological theory, aiming
less at knowledge of facts that at an I'M
Outstanding Of principles. The few chap
tiers we have been to this date enabled to
read impress us with the fitness of the au-
thor for the work, and testify to the clear
ness of his method and the grace of his
style. His definitions are notably concise
and free from involvment.
The American Monthly Magazine for
August contains matter of more than usual
interest, both in literature and illustra-
tons. DIR. W. +. Hutchinson gives a
graphic description Of a journey in the
United States of Venezuela, and it is ac-
companied by fine portrait of the present
General Guzman Blanco u. l.. White con-
| tributes pen sketches of the Justices of the
Supreme Court, and excellent portraits are
also given. The Ghost of Aaron's
Prong" by lobe Hodge, and A Remark
able Pair Of Pantaloons," by Caleb
! Forsythe, are completed stories. Mrs. Lee
e. Hardy describes "A South Carolina Viii
lage" (Georgetownl, aud Cyrus Field Will
ard tells of the quaint monuments in a
| cemetery near Baltimore K. 7. Bush &
| Sons, publishers, New York.
|
| New York, we have the Magazine of Art
| for August. The illustrations are not so
numerous as usual, but the frontispiece is
finer bit of art than has appeared for a
long time in the magazine. 1t is a photo
gravure of Domingos painting Here's 10
| Your Health" The contents of the maya
| zine are: Current Art, with engravingS of
| "Eyicted, 1.-THE Lady of Shalott, Crossing
| the Bar" "A Summer Evening" and
Their Ever Shifting Home" Farnley
Hall :" Some Portraits of Great and Lit
tie Masters" AIT Patrons" Queen
Mary at Fotheringay;;" Random Reminds
| Coast Scenery J" 1.-THE Chronicle of Art, :"
and American Art Notes."
| James r. Gilmores Edmund kirke)
! latest production is entitled John Sewer
as Commonwealth Builder 1t is a Sc
quel to The Rear Guard of the Revolt
! ton" 1t is historic volume that con-
| tributes a most valuable collection of mat
ter to American history of the pioneer or
! frontier era. Sewers field of operations
was in the South, and mainly in the terri
tory out of which Tennessee was carved.
He was one of the most striking figures in
! the pioneer history of Kentucky, the Caro-
linas and Tennessee, and the story of his
courage, foresight and State-building is one
of the most interesting character.
The July issue of THE Song Friend +"
prof. A. w. Straub, Chicago, publisher
| contains these pieces Song and chorus,
| Heart to Heart will e'er Reply words by
Marion Straub and music by j. NJ. Still
man " The Dewdrop," for piano, by E. A.
Favarger " Oh, Mystical River" quartet,
by T. Martin Towne " The Land Between
I the Seas" patriotic song, in four parts,
words by Marion Straub and arranged by
Prof. A. w. Suaub.
The Memorial Day March," recently
composed by Colonel L. A. Belcher and
dedicated to the Department of California,
Grand Army of the Republic, has been
published in sheet form by Oliver Ditson
d Co., Boston, and Sherman, Clay & Co.,
San Francisco. 1t is arranged for the
piano, written in two and three flats, and
is fattelingly criticised in musical circles.
The Jesuit's Ring" romance of Mount
Desert, is by Augustus Allen Hayes. Chas
Scribners' Sons, New York A. L. Bancroft
u Co, San Francisco; cloth, 81 !; paper, so
cents. The story is an endeavor to draw
attention to the dramatic history of early
days on Mount Desert, and to connect
them with the joyous doings of modern
times.
King Solomon's Mines" is novel by
the popular writer, II. Rider Haggard,
whose works are Just now exceedingly
prominent in the public eye, and whose
skill in fiction is matter of broad ac-
acknowledgement 1t is issued By Harper
Bros, New York, and is for sale by a. L.
Bancroft & Co., San Francisco.
Articles in the "Quiver" for August,
which Will claim special attention, are
" The Gospel in Paris" by Rev W Bur
net Small Beginnings" by Professor
Blake; " Diyining Rods, Ancient and
Modern, and by the Waters OF Babylon"
lCassell Il Co., New York.
Waste Land Wanderines," by Charles
G. Abbott, NJ. D., is published by Harper q
Bros, New York, and is for sale by A. L.
Bancroft IL Co., San Francisco. Il is de-
ightfuI account of the observations of a
lover of nature along the Delaware river.
Roughing 1t, from California Through
France, is light, sketchy story Of travel
and what a traveller saw. BY Ben. Good
kind, of Sacramento, Cal; A. J. Johnston
& Co., printers. For sale by c. S. Houeh-
ton d Co, Sacramento.